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AllowBuiltInToolbars Property

You can use the AllowBuiltInToolbars property to specify whether or not the user can display Microsoft Access built-in toolbars. For example, you can use the AllowBuiltInToolbars property to prevent a user from seeing a Microsoft Access built-in toolbar within a database application.

Setting

The AllowBuiltInToolbars property uses the following settings.

The easiest way to set this property is by using the Allow Built-in Toolbars option in the Startup dialog box, available by clicking Startup on the Tools menu. You can also set this property by using a macro or Visual Basic.

To set the AllowBuiltInToolbars property by using a macro or Visual Basic, you must first either set the property in the Startup dialog box once or create the property in the following ways:

• In a Microsoft Access database (.mdb), you can add it by using the CreateProperty method and append it to the Properties collection of the Database object.
• In a Microsoft Access project (.adp), you can add it to the AccessObjectProperties collection of the CurrentProject object by using the Add method.

Remarks

You can show and hide specific toolbars by using the Customize dialog box, available by pointing to Toolbars on the View menu and clicking Customize.

If you click Toolbars on the View menu when the AllowBuiltInToolbars property is set to False, Microsoft Access will show only custom toolbars in the Toolbars submenu. If you click Customize in this submenu, the Customize dialog box shows the built-in toolbars, but you can't select them or customize them.

The user can modify built-in toolbars only when the AllowToolbarChanges property is set to True and the AllowBuiltInToolbars property is set to True.

If the AllowBuiltInToolbars property is set to False, you can't use the ShowToolbar action to display a built-in toolbar.

This property's setting doesn't take effect until the next time the application database opens.